Connect two pcs with crossover cable

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Hi: I'm new to this list and to ssh program.

I've connected two pcs with a crossover cable and installed ssh on both but
they don't seem to `see' each other: I edited /etc/network/interfaces on the
first pc as follows:

allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
	address 192.168.0.1
	netmask 255.255.255.0


, and in the second pc the same with 192.168.0.2 in place of 192.168.0.1.  The
command `ssh 192.168.0.2' given from the first machine produces no output.  I
want to use rsync with ssh to share data between the two pcs.

I'm stuck, never connected two pcs together but now I need to: help highly
appreciated.

Thanks
Rodolfo